Scholl Canyon coach faces sex charges

Tennis instructor had relationship with a 15-year-old student, police say.

A 46-year-old private tennis coach was charged Wednesday with nearly two dozen counts of having sex and engaging in a sex act — some of which occurred at Scholl Canyon Golf and Tennis Complex — with a 15-year-old apprentice, police said.

Coach Dale Kim, a married Northridge resident, faces 10 felony counts of committing lewd acts on the 15-year-old Granada Hills girl from June 1, 2011, to April 5 this year, according to a Los Angeles County Superior Court complaint.

Kim is also charged with seven felony counts of oral copulation of a minor, two felony counts of unlawful sexual intercourse and two felony counts of sexual penetration with a foreign object, according to the complaint.

Glendale police on Monday picked Kim up at the tennis complex and arrested him on suspicion of sexual acts with the girl, who reported the allegations to police.